Zbigniew Zamachowski

Zbigniew Zamachowski (; born 17 July 1961) is a Polish actor. Life and career He was born on 17 July 1961 in Brzeziny near Łódź. Zamachowski graduated from the actor's faculty of the National Film School in Łódź. He began his acting career in 1981 and in 1989 had a co-starring role in Part Ten (Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Goods) of director Krzysztof Kieślowski's film series, Dekalog. Four years later, Kieślowski cast him as the lead character, "Karol Karol", in Three Colors: White, the second of his acclaimed Three Colors trilogy. He is a two-time winner of Polish Film Awards for his roles in Robert Gliński's film Hi, Tereska (2001) and Andrzej Jakimowski's film drama Zmróż oczy (2004). His other notable roles are featured in Kazimierz Kutz's film Colonel Kwiatkowski (1996), Jerzy Hoffman's historical film With Fire and Sword (1999) and Andrzej Wajda's biopic Walesa: Man of Hope (2013). Between 1985 and 1997, he performed at The Studio Theater, and since 1997 he has been an actor at the National Theater in Warsaw. Filmography Wielka majówka (1981) a.k.a. The Big Picnic Matka Królów (1983) a.k.a. Mother of Kings Ucieczka (1986) a.k.a. Escape, The Pierscien i róza (1987) a.k.a. The Ring and the Rose as Prince Bulbo Prywatne sledztwo (1987) a.k.a. Private Investigation as Truck passenger Possédés, Les (1988) a.k.a. The Possessed as Liamchine Zabij mnie, glino (1989) a.k.a. Kill Me, Cop as Seweryn Sztuka kochania (1989) a.k.a. Art of Loving as Ziobro Dekalog, dziesiec (1989) (TV) a.k.a. Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Goods as Artur Korczak (1990) as Ichak Szulc Ucieczka z kina 'Wolnosc' (1991) a.k.a. Escape From the 'Liberty' Cinema as Pomocnik cenzora Seszele (1991) a.k.a. Seychelles as Stefek Ferdydurke (1991) a.k.a. Tom Tak, tak (1992) a.k.a. Yes, Yes Naprawde krótki film o milosci, zabijaniu i jeszcze jednym przykazaniu (1992) a.k.a. Really short movie about love, killing and one more commandment. Sauna (1992) (TV) as Jussi Straszny sen dzidziusia Górkiewicza (1993) a.k.a. The Terrible Dream of Babyface Gorkiewicz Trois couleurs: Blanc (1993) a.k.a. Three Colours: White as Karol Karol Zawrócony (1994) (TV) a.k.a. Reverted as Tomek Siwek Clandestin, Le (1994) (TV) as Yatsek Pulkownik Kwiatkowski (1995) a.k.a. Colonel Kwiatkowski as Dudek Pestka a.k.a. The Pip (1996) Slawa i chwala (1997) (TV) a.k.a. Fame and Glory as Franciszek Golabek Darmozjad polski (1997) a.k.a.